Armed police help Alabama man stage 'memorable' proposal

Alabama police officers have surprised bystanders by storming a petrol station, guns cocked, as part of one man's ploy to pop the question to his partner.

 

Video filmed by a witness and posted to YouTube today shows two police cars pulled up outside a petrol station in the town of Mobile.

 

Two officers can then be seen moving towards a man, guns held ready, ordering him to get on the ground.

 

The man complies, climbing onto his knees, and the officers ask a woman who identifies herself as his "wife" to fetch an object from the man.

 

The "suspect" can then be seen digging around in his jacket, suddenly producing a ring box.

 

The instant she sees the ring, the man's partner covers her face and staggers away, while bystanders begin to cheer.

 

One of the officers claps the woman on the shoulder, and she half-leans against him, overwhelmed by emotion.

 

"I guess you're not his wife just yet!" a female police officer can be heard teasing.